Sunday evening news

I officially now weigh less than I have since I was about 25 years old! I tried on a pair of jeans today that are 2 sizes smaller than the ones I have been wearing, although I still refuse to buy any clothes until I absolutely have to.

We took mom to Olive Garden for lunch today...and I managed to do ok there. Had salad, and lemon basil talapia. I can't believe I didn't even have one little bite of breadstick. Yay!!!!!

I've been going to the gym for a couple of weeks now...doing water aerobics 3 days a week. My doctor was excited but wants me to do weights on the off days. Ugh! I thought 3 days a week was good! So I have an appointment on Thursday with a trainer for a fitness profile and a game plan.

As of this morning, I'm 26.5 pounds down. Woo hoooo!!!

Happy Easter!

I made it! NO evil chocolate bunnies for me! Yay! I did have a piece of my mom's yummy pound cake, but man did I pay for it. I haven't had sweets in so long, and it sure did taste good, but I had horrible tummy cramps about 2 hours later. Better now, though. Whew!

It was great to spend the day with family, just hanging out and catching up, and not have to be totally miserable because I'd eaten so much that I was about to explode. Such a change, but a good one. Especially when I heard everyone else groaning about their aching tummies. :)

It's working!!

I think my band is finally working! I don't have a stop signal yet, but I can tell when I'm full, and it's after I eat about the right amount of food. I went to dinner tonight with the fam at Chili's, and ordered my most favorite mushroom swiss burger...without the bun. The waitress didn't even blink an eye. Of course, it helped that she was my cousin! I had about 10 chips with queso, and managed to get down about half the burger, and I was done. That was 2 hours ago, and I'm still full! I'm so excited...this is how it is supposed to work!

My scale is finally moving down too. As of this morning, I've lost 23 pounds since the surgery. I've had to retire some of my clothes, and I've even given a few things away!

Yay!!!!!!

2nd Fill

2nd fill was today. I got another 1.5cc so I'm up to about 4 cc now. I can actually tell a bit of difference, right now anyway. Hopefully this will be my turning point. I went to a lovely dinner last night with a bunch of old friends from high school. I ate more than I should have, and the 2nd margarita was probably a bad idea, but it was great fun. I'm back on liquids for a couple of days now, but I hope that will just help jumpstart me. I lost 4 pounds in the last 3 weeks, which I think this pathetic, but the PA at the weight loss center told me that it was exactly where I was supposed to be. So, I guess I'll go with that.